As Raleigh’s new mayor settles
in, students turn a blind eye to
politics.

Oliver Sholder/Technician

Students in MEA 135, Climate and Weather lab, take notes as instructor,
Priya Pillai explains why the atomspheric mass decreases for every 5.6km
ascended in the atmosphere.

Despite plans to leave office,
Perdue works for education
Though she will not be seeking
reelection, Governor Perdue
continues her fight for education.
Jessie Halpern

education tax

however, I especially don’t keep up
with Raleigh politics, since I’m still
registered to vote in my hometown,”
said Bethany Starnes, who graduated
this fall with a degree in chemistry.
For those students who have been
Jessie Halpern
active in Raleigh politics, however,
Deputy News Editor
McFarlane has some big commitments
When Mayor McFarlane was sworn to carry out. Her promise to work on
in late December, she promised to Raleigh’s Unified Development Ordiwork on making Raleigh the num- nance is at the top of that list.
According to the
ber one place to live
mayor’s office, “The
and work in the naCity is preparing a
tion. As she works to
UDO that addresses
fulfill that promise,
contemporary desome students say
velopment and zonthey haven’t paid ating practices, and is
tention.
easily understood
A lt houg h N.C .
by administrators,
State draws a large
the public and the
number of students
development comfrom Raleigh high
Emerson Barker, senior in
munity.”
schools, the Univerpolitical science
This Unified Desity’s diversity is one
velopment Ord iof its charms. While
students have made our campus a nance works in conjunction with The
home, some have yet to do the same City’s 2030 Comprehensive Plan and
was finalized on Jan. 10, where it now
for Raleigh.
“I don’t keep up with politics much; waits for approval by the city council.

“We can get pretty
lost in the shuffle.
It was really great
that McFarlane
didn’t ignore us.”

This plan seeks to address the specific issues laid out in the Comprehensive
Plan, which is a long-term checklist for
Raleigh’s growth and
development.
“The Plan contains
six strategic visions
themes, which are
referenced in every
element, or chapter,
of the document. The
Plan is also divided Nancy
McFarlane
into four major sec- Raleigh Mayor
tions: the Introduction and Framework,
The Plan Elements, the Area Plans
and Implementation,” according to
the mayor’s office.
While these ordinances have the potential to largely impact the City of
Raleigh, students have recently been
more concerned with University politics to notice. One student, however,
says he paid attention.
Emerson Barker, senior in political
science, says he remembers when McFarlane spoke on campus as part of her

Governor Perdue lobbied for education in Charlotte Thursday of last
week. Her proposal to help reverse recent budget cuts to education would
increase the North Carolina sales tax
by three-fourths of a cent, an increase
that has a projected value of $850 million per year, all going toward education.
Carol Pope, professor of curriculum, instruction, and counselor education, says she is a firm supporter of
this proposal.
“As an educator, I’m in favor of the
plan. The sales tax increase is for our
future, children, our educational system, teachers, and us. It’s a small price
to pay,” Pope said.
Pope spent many years as a Wake
County educator before joining N.C.
State’s faculty. She’s concerned with
the reductions in education funding
affecting students; Pope believes that
not only middle grade students, but
University students who are preparing to become teachers in the next few
months could be affected.
“I think about all the N.C. State
graduates who will be looking for
teachers positions and then I also
think about how the student-teacher-ratio has increased recently. The
increase would be small for the individual, but huge for the children,”
Pope said.
Pope added that Perdue’s proposal
is coming at a perfect time. She explained saying when the stimulus
package ended, North Carolina did

not step up to fill the gap.
Zachary Honeycutt, a senior in
middle grades education and one
of Pope’s students, says that he’s
noticed a strain on schools.
“I wish the government would
stop making cuts, it’s a huge strain
on teachers to have 120 students
between two of them. It’s not fair
for the kids either,” Honeycutt
said.
As a student teacher, Honeycutt
is currently a supporter of Perdue’s
plan, but he is also skeptical.
“I definitely support it, but I also
know plans have been made before
and somehow education never sees
that money. I feel like education is
always the first thing to go, so I’m
glad that Perdue is supporting us
now,” Honeycutt said.
Pope and Honeycutt have been
very pleased with Perdue’s fight for
education as governor; However,
Kelly Norton, former N.C. State
student and current teacher, says
she believes Perdue can help education more without her position.
“Perdue has definitely helped
education, she’s committed to doing so, and that’s why she’s stepping down,” Norton said.
Perdue told the Associated Press
she feels her role as governor will
politicize the fight for education
in a way that would make it even
harder to win. She plans to con-

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insidetechnician
Sporting community spirit
through swag
Swag4Life apparel looks to inspire
University students with design and
company philosophy. See page 5.

Gov. Bev Perdue’s withdrawal
from re-election campaign
opens race for governorship
Governor Bev Perdue announced
Thursday she will not run for re-election. See page 6.

Number 9, a friendly robot, greets the staff of Fountain Dining Hall Thursday night. He visited the dining hall to promote
the movie Real Steel, playing at Campus Cinema. "I have trouble going through doors and up stairs," Number 9 said.

Campus Enterprises generate money for students
Campus retail outlets returned
$1.2 million for student
scholarships.

which return university some revenue,” Adams Said.
Adams said they have always tried
to support students.
“One of the things we have always
done is to pledge to put dollars aside to
Jatin Bhatia
scholarships assistance for students in
Staff Writer
different ways in the past,” Adams said
Adams said now they have brought
Campus Enterprises manages N.C.
State’s retail and hospitality opera- it all under one roof to help students
tions; they returned almost $1.2 mil- needing financial aid.
“We have consolidated efforts of all
lion to the University to be disbursed
to students in the form of merit and those divisions together. For example,
Campus Enterprise’s administration
need-based scholarships.
The aid is a part of their annual re- puts down some dollars, trademark
turn to the University. In addition to and licensing puts down some dollars
revenue this year it helped students in and that is how it is all put together,”
need of financial aid, especially in the Adams said.
“Trademarks and
times of wavering
licensing turns over
economy. This year
somewhere around
Campus Enterprises
400 thousand to
returned $198,000
500 thousand a year,
more than the predining turns in some
vious year.
130 thousand dolDr. Dan Adams,
lars, bookstores give
associate vice chanin 270 thousand dolcellor of Campus
lars,” Adams said,
Enterprises, said the
Kevin Ehrhardt, freshman in
“All of those groups
organization has a
computer science
participate in putnumber of sources
ting some dollars in
that can bring revwhat they collect in fees and services
enue to the University.
“Campus Enterprises is a division and those types of things and they
here at N.C. State which comprises turn around and pledge it back to
dining stores, book stores, trademark scholarships.”
Adams said Campus Enterprises allicensing, golf course and a number of
administrative units around campus ways makes an effort to give back to

the University to help students.
“We did the same thing last year, last
year it was about a million dollars so
it’s just a concerted effort on our part
to figure out ways for the services we
provide for students to take some of
the dollars and give them to university
to support students in terms of scholarships and programs,” Adams said.
Adams said the money received by
Campus Enterprises trickles down
into several different programs.
“Some of it goes into student athletic
program, some of it goes into general
scholarships, some of it goes into merit
scholarships. There are study abroad
scholarships, so there are a number
of areas that money is directed to,”
Adams said.
Adams said the official amount that
they returned this year is $1,198,477.
He also said they are just following
the mission of Campus Enterprises,
which is to help students.

Send all clarifications and
corrections to Editor-in-Chief
Laura Wilkinson at editor@
technicianonline.com.

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Today
Revenge of the Electric
Car
3-4:30 p.m.
Witherspoon Cinema
Come hear Pulitzer Prizewinning automotive journalist
and N.C. State alum Dan Neil
discuss the documentary film
in which he appears. “Revenge
of the Electric Car” follows four
entrepreneurs as they fight
to bring the electric car back
to the world market during a
global recession.

ichael Ramos, a junior in political science and law and justice, await for the
final mission of the Humans versus Zombies mission on Sunday. Ramos is a
human moderator in the N.C State Humans versus Zombies game, in which
he can speak to zombies with out being harmed if necessary.

Tuesday
Africa Regional
Reception: N.C. State and
the Changing Faces of
Africa
11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Joyner Visitor Center
Featuring keynote speakers
Jock Brandis of the Full Belly
Project in Africa and Steve
Reynolds of PAMS on World
Class Astronomy in Africa;
as well as other terrific
presentations, music and food.
RSVP is required.
English Conversation
Club
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Port City Java, Centennial
Campus
This is a great way to meet
people from around the world
and help others with the
English language. There is no
registration required for this
program, just show up!

2:09 p.m. | Suspicious Person
Dabney Hall
Staff member reported 10-15
individuals doing parkour on
rooftop and side of building.
Officers met with students who
were part of Parkour Club and
advised them not to use building
for practicing. Subjects complied
and left the area.

3:10 p.m. | Assault
ES King Village
Non-student reported student
had assaulted son. Student was
referred to the University and
trespassed from apartments.
Housing assisted with temporary
residence. Social Services will be
notified. Appropriate personnel
notified.

Poetic Portraits of a
Revolution
7-9 p.m.
Stewart Theatre
This will be the first complete
public performance of the
group known as Poetic
Portraits of a Revolution. They
lead a project that provides
a glimpse into lives of the
Egyptian and Tunisian people
in order to raise international

awareness and understanding
of their journey towards selfdetermination, and to bring back
the knowledge and experiences
gained during the study of
these movements with the
hopes of transforming our own
communities.
Wednesday
Kick the Winter Blues with
Blueberry Fever
All Day
Campus Dining Halls
Try various menu items crafted
with fresh blueberries.
Tuition Talk Day
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Brickyard
Chancellor Woodson, Provost
Arden and student leaders
will be in the Brickyard to hear
student concerns and answer
any questions you may have on
tuition and fees. Please stop by
for any amount of time to talk
or to grab some hot chocolate
provided by University Dining. If
you are in class or unable to make
it to the Brickyard, submit your
questions at http://go.ncsu.edu/
tuitionfeesquestions.
Miles 4 Kay Kickoff
Celebration
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Carmichael Recreation Center
Help raise money for the Kay Yow
Cancer Fund during the month
of February. Cybex International
will donate $0.10 for every mile
logged on the pink treadmills in
Carmichael Recreation Center.
Thursday
Kick the Winter Blues with
Blueberry Fever
All Day
Campus Dining Halls
Try various menu items crafted
with fresh blueberries.
Physical Environment
Committee Meeting
3:30-5 p.m.
Winslow Hall Conference Room
The Committee is an advisory
body to the Vice Chancellor
for Finance and Business. The
Committee is designed to be
a forum for faculty, staff, and
student opinions with respect to
plans for the overall development
and regulations of the physical
environment of the core campus
of the University including
buildings, landscaping and
transportation.
Short Student Films
Screening
7-8:30 p.m.
D.H. Hill Library Auditorium
Experience the talent of NCSU
students as they screen their
best short films. Ranging
from computer animation to
experimental pieces, all films are
under four minutes long. During
the program, students will talk
about the process of creating their
work.

Technician was there.
You can be too.

this
week

The Technician staff is
always looking for new
members to write, design
or take photos. Visit www.
ncsu.edu/sma for more
information.

Skip Elsheimer presents an evening of short
films about clothing and fashion, and how
they affect the wearer. The program will
include Replay (the Arrow Shirt Company
embraces hippies), Twenty Dollar Miracle
(a brief history of dresses and how they got
so cheap), and Fur Coat Club (two little girls
with a fur fetish explore New York City).

Noted potter Ben Owen will present a slide lecture covering his family’s
history of working in clay, as well as the process at Ben Owen Pottery.

David Dorfman Dance
Prophets of Funk

Sat, Feb 4 at 8pm • Stewart Theatre
David Dorfman Dance, a longtime favorite
of Center Stage and ADF dance audiences,
returns with Prophets of Funk – set to the
irresistible sounds of Sly and the Family
Stone’s groundbreaking, visceral, and
powerful music. Pre-show talk, 7pm.
Funk dance party after the performance!

NOW OPEN AT THE GREGG MUSEUM OF ART & DESIGN
▶ Barkcloth, Bras, and Bulletproof Cotton: The Powers of Costume
▶ Textiles of Exile

Local doctors are conducting a clinical research study on the effects of an FDA
approved medication in reducing cold symptoms. If you (or a family member) are
12 years old or older and have recently developed moderate to severe symptoms
of at least 2 of the following: cough, thickened mucus or chest congestion, you
may qualify for this study.
Qualified participants may receive compensation for your time and travel.
For more information call North Carolina Clinical Research at (919) 881-0309
Monday through Friday 8:30am to 5:00pm. After hours please leave a message.

News

Technician

monday, january 30, 2012• Page 3

Students enjoy La Niña weather and its benefits
La Nina conditions have
caused unusual warmth in
North Carolina.
Will Brooks
Deputy News Editor

Highs in the 60s, short sleeves
and laying out in the sun are
usually associated with spring.
But in January, these are unusual activities.
The past month, specifically last week, brought higher
than average temperatures due
largely to a La Nina that North
Carolina is currently experiencing, Vernon Turner, senior
in meteorology said.
“A La Nina lasts for 5 months
time, and usually that deals
with increase in temperatures
[in our region],” Turner said.
Turner said while the La Nina
is a driving factor in the current weather pattern, there are

money

continued from page 1

“Our whole mission at Campus Enterprises is to facilitate
services and programs that
benefit students, so that’s one
of supporting students as economic times got harder this is
just one way we can give back
to students and support them
with their college experience,”
Adams said.
Jennifer Gilmore, marketing/
communications manager of
Campus Enterprises, said all
the units of Campus Enterprises are self-reliant units.
“All the units of the Campus
Enterprises are supposed to
manage their own budget, rely
on their own,” Gilmore said.
She said the Campus Enterprises pay 3 percent of their
revenue as administration
fees in addition to scholarship
support.
“The University doesn’t give

several factors that have come the beginning,” Turner said.
Justin Allen, senior in meteotogether at once.
“The La Nina is the most rology said he also believes that
well-known factor, but the the La Nina is a large factor in
atlantic oscillation is a big fac- the unusually high temperator,” Turner said, “Basically ture.
Allen said water temperaall of the factors that make the
tures in the
temperature
Atlantic
rise are hapOcean lower
pening at the
during a La
same time.”
Nina, causing
Turner, who
temperatures
interned for
to t ra nsfer
ABC 11, said
into the air.
temperatures
“I grew up
from last year
in the Outer
were drastiBanks and I
cally differremember a
ent from this
Vernon Turner, senior in
La Nina from
y e a r. S e vmeteorology
the early
era l i nches
thousands,”
of snow fell,
and temperatures remained Allen said, “I just remember
persistently cold throughout water temperatures being really warm in January.”
the winter.
Allen said although many
“The only time we had cold
temperatures [this year] was people may jump to the conclu-

“All of the factors
that make the
temperature rise
are happening at
the same time.”

dining or bookstore a certain
amount of money to work
with. On top of that, we pay
into University percent of our
revenue as administrative fees,
because there are a lot of units
on campus that do not generate
revenue,” Gilmore said.
She said the economy is
forcing university to get more
funds.
“Some money comes from
the General Assembly, some
comes from private donations
and in the times of tough economy university is looking for
more money,” Gilmore said.
She said that as a repercussion of the bad economy, the
University has asked Campus
Enterprises to step up their
contribution.
“Since the economy took a
turn and general assembly has
been giving lesser funds we
have been asked to increase
the amount that we return to
the University to help with the
cost and we provide scholarship support in addition to that

three percent,” Gilmore said.
She said anything that students buy from the bookstore,
meal-plans get the money back
to students.
“So when you buy a t-shirt ,
a book from bookstore, a meal
plan, use a vending machine,
that money is going back to students in the form of scholarship
and administrative support,”
Gilmore said.
Kevin Ehrhardt, a freshman
in computer science, said looking at the cost of all the things,
the money should be returned
to students.
“They should return money,
given how much money we pay
to go (to school) here and the
cost of the books and online accesses, as I couldn’t buy a coffee
today as my credit card maxed
out because of the books and
related stuff that I purchased,”
Ehrhardt said.

sion of global warming, that is
an unlikely factor in the recent
splurge in temperatures.
“It’s just the climate doing
what the climate does,” Allen
said, “It’s not global warming,
this is just the world has been
for the past million years.”
Turner said he also doesn’t
see a connection between the
current weather and global
warming.
“You have to remember that
this last year during this time,
it was actually really cold,”
Turner said, “This year it’s just
warmer than usual because of
the La Nina period.”
Regardless of the reason,
many students have decided to
enjoy the weather outside while
it lasts, Josh Poole, sophomore
in engineering, said he has enjoyed the weather thus far.
“I like it, it’s nice, but it’s
weird to have this weather in
January,” Poole said.

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campaign.
“I thought it was great
that she came to campus
and reached out to N.C.
State students,” Barker
said. “College students are
notorious for not voting, so
we can get pretty easily lost
in the shuffle. It was really
great that McFarlane didn’t
ignore us.”
Although Barker notes
the mayor hasn’t had much
time to work on policies yet,
he is aware of her efforts
thus far with student events.
“I know there have been
some issues with the Krispy
Kreme Cha l lenge race
routes. She’s been very involved in working on that to
make sure the event can go
off smoothly, so that’s nice
for students because that’s
a pretty big event for us,”
Barker said.

Although temperatures are
expected to stay milder than
usual, Turner and Allen both
said snow may still be in the
cards for this winter.
“After looking at models,
I saw that we might have a
chance for some winter weather
next weekend,” Turner said
Turner said the winter weather may not necessarily bring
snow, but it will be colder, and
snow is a possibility.
Allen believes the temperatures will get colder, and said
snow in March is not unheard
of either.
“It’s going to get cold eventually, it’s just a matter of time,”
Allen said.

Although McFarlane has
shown interest in working
with students, education
has not been her focus.
Rather, the mayor is interested in small businesses
and the local economy.
Her biography, updated
on the raleighnc.gov website just five days ago, touts
her personal experience in
small businesses.
“In 2002, she launched
MedPro R x, Inc…. [it]
consistently ranks as one
of the best places to work
in the Triangle and recently
ranked as the #1 small business in the Triangle, and # 2
in the South,” according to
the website.
In addition to her experience in small businesses,
McFarlane was previously
a member of Raleigh’s city
council for four years.
Whether her experience
can be turned into action
remains to be seen.

tinue her fight after her term
ends.
“At this point, anything and
everything that can offer more
money for education is crucial,” Norton said.
When asked whether threefourths of a cent seemed too
small of an increase, Norton
and Pope agreed they would
support a full cent.
“I would need to see numbers, but when we’re talking
about pennies, it’s really not
worth the fight,” said Norton.
Pope said she would even
support a two-cent increase.
“This isn’t a tax that’s coming out of someone’s salary, it
not even an extra cent added
to every purchase. People are
always trying to get rid of their
pennies,” Pope said.
Perdue’s proposal will be
voted on in the state legislature
within the next few weeks.

The Council of
undergraduate Education
is the group who
creates, expands and
determines the list for
GEP requirements. These
requirements are for every
student intending to
graduate from N.C. State.

Our Opinion:

These requirements
should allow students to
experience new avenues of
thinking while still giving
them progress towards
their degree, rather than
an extra responsibility.

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publication and must be limited
to 250 words. Contributors
are limited to one letter per
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Supporting renewable
energy
I applaud the Jan. 24 column,
“Exploring renewable jobs” in
encouraging students to seek
jobs in the renewable energy
sector. The column comes at an
opportune time; President Obama
mentioned in his State of the
Union Address Tuesday that he
will “…not walk away from the
promise of clean energy.”
In addition to searching for jobs
in renewable energy, such as solar
and wind power, students should
consider supporting the Obama
Administration’s proposal for
clean car standards. The Obama
Administration has called for cars
and light trucks to obtain 54.5
miles per gallon by the year 2025,
generating increased energy
independence and cutting global
warming pollution.
Looking for a career in renewable
energy can be extremely
rewarding for both the
individual and the environment.
Nevertheless, as students, a call
for change should start when
we are still in the classroom. We
should express our support for
green energy innovation now and
also resolve to make a positive
difference with our careers in the
future.
Jessica Mayer
senior, environmental science

The unspoken topic of
racism
First of all, I want applaud Nijah
Toshumba for being probably
one of the only students who will
actually talk about racism on our
campus. Second, I want to thank
her for her boldness to address
this ever-present issue in our
community.
Some people believe not talking
about this stint that is crippling
our society will completely make
it vanish into thin air. Like your
title clearly states, “Ignoring the
truth doesn’t change it.” Like
a pesky mosquito nibbling on
your arm. Like that annoying fly
buzzing in your ear. Racism will
not go away with just a swat. Now,
in no way am I saying this bug
can’t be killed, but ignoring it will
not solve the problem.
It amuses me that N.C. State prides
themselves in diversity, but has
few multicultural groups. But the
thing is, there’s no point in having
all these different organizations
specializing in African American
culture, Buddhism and such, then
have no publicity for these clubs.
Yes, partly the blame can be put
on the clubs, but then again, it can
also be put on N.C. State.
Now, unless I have biased vision,

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he Council of Undergraduate
Education
reviewed a German
language class to determine
whether it met the criteria to
fulfill a General Education Requirement. They also discussed
if two other courses would be
added to the GEP list of requirements. While this council met to determine the faith
of these three classes, perhaps
they should consider expanding the list of GEP courses to
those actually beneficial to students.
Currently, the GEP requirements are general courses
meant to give students a shallow understanding of a certain
topic. Along these requirements are a U.S. Diversity and
Global Knowledge component for graduation. The list
of requirements was updated

in 2009; however, the council
should create classes allowing
students from all majors and
colleges to create their own requirements.
Under the current policy,
students are to complete seven
hours of natural sciences; six
hours of math, humanities,
social sciences; five hours of
interdisciplinary courses; four
hours of English; three hours
of additional breadth and two
hours of physical education.
While the majority of these
requirements create more
well-rounded, diverse thinking
students, the method in which
this outcome is achieved could
be altered to better benefit the
student.

Under the interdisciplinary and humanities requirement, students must complete
a class with the USD and GK
component so they may better understand diversity in our
society and be more globally
aware. Both of which are skills
to create a more marketable
applicant in the job market;
however, the way classes are
currently classified on the GEP
list makes this requirement a
burden rather than opportunities for enrichment—its intended purpose.
Students should be able to
take classes within their major,
which is of interest to them,
and allow it to count for one
of their requirements, so long

as they can demonstrate it
achieves the same outcomes as
the already-designed classes on
the GEP list.
This example can be applied
to every major at N.C. State.
Engineering majors question
their advisers when they must
take intro to Shakespeare,
while CHASS majors scowl
when they are placed into Calculus I for Engineers. These
types of requirements might
act as a method to diversify
one’s thinking, however, the
anxiety and frustration they
create only closes the learners’
minds from absorbing the new
information.
These requirements do not
need to be a burden for students, but rather an opportunity for new experiences.

there’s apparently more than
1,000 different Christian clubs
on this campus with their “all
American’s displayed o-so happily
on these posters. You don’t have
to guess who’s portrayed on these
posters, flyers, magnets, T-shirts,
need I go on?
Now, there’s some overexaggeration in the previous
statement, but you get my point.
Racism is the prominent issue
that needs to be addressed. But
this ginormous mountain can be
defeated if we as a student body
see the dire need for this world to
change. And in order to do that,
we have to start with our world
first, this university.
Ms. Toshumba, you’re not alone.
Keep hope alive.

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What class would you
create at N.C. State?
BY Thomas Obarowski

Amira Alexander
freshman, nutrition science

Are you sure
Occupy is dead?
I was very disappointed to read
“The death of Occupy.” It seemed
quite a contradiction to report
on Occupy Raleigh’s weekend of
action, while also saying they are
doing nothing. This leads me to
question the validity of this hit
piece and it strikes me as coming
from ignorance. Perhaps doing a
little research would have been
helpful. Perhaps the writers are
just too tired to bother.
Aside from Occupy the Courts,
Drum Out Citizens United, the
100th Day March, the Walkupy
March and the Wells Fargo Mic
Check, there is plenty happening
on a multitude of levels outside
the public eye. Occupiers have
begun direct engagement of
the political process, including
attending hours of NCGA
sub-committee meetings and
speaking with representatives.
Occupiers are also planning a
variety of high profile actions for
February and March. As for public
outreach that occurs every day
through personal conversation, a
welcome table at the camp itself,
and through social media. The
250-word limit prevents me from
going into even more detail on
these matters.
If the writers of this piece truly
support Occupy, perhaps they
could contribute some ideas to
improve the movement. Perhaps
they are willing to engage
in conversation with people
involved, instead of bashing them
without knowledge. Perhaps that
would just take too much effort.
Be it known Occupy was never
intended to be short term, despite
the lack of an attention span that
dominates our time.
Jeremy Gilchrist
N.C. State 2009 Alumnus

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“I would enjoy a roller hockey
course at N.C. State, because I
enjoy roller hockey and think
we have the required facilities.”

Brandon Bovia, freshman in art and design

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Zach Swarm
sophomore, biomedical
engineering

The senior year speech

o he a lt h c l a s s
i n si x t h roug h
ninth grade was
complete without a discussion on STDs and peer pressure. The STD unit was just
a sneaky way to teach abstinence. The peer pressure
u nit was
supposed
to keep
u s f r om
doing everything
e l s e ou r
parents
Josh Lucas feared.
Deputy
The baViewpoint Editor s i c i d e a
preached
was your friends are evil
and saying “no” to everything is the best policy.
The peer pressure drilling we received in primary
school kept us more or less
in check, but it did nothing
to arm us against the ultimate form of peer pressure:
the senior year speech.
The senior year speech
is simple. It always has the
same beginning: someone
saying “no” to some activity. The activities can range
from going out for the
night, taking a trip or doing
something you’ll regret the
rest of the week. Whatever
activity is proposed, the
speech always has the same
ending: The person saying
no will end up saying “Yes!”
The approach for tackling
the speech in-between its
beginning and end varies
from person to person. All
approaches conjure up the
guilt associated with being
sedentary at any point during senior year. My personal
favorite speech to give and

receive utilizes the “300 approach.” The 300 approach is
named after the movie 300 for
the passion and grandiosity
they share. The hallmark of a
300 approach is the line:
“When you look back 20
years from now, is this going
to be just another night that
blends in with the rest or is this
going to be a night we’ll tell our
kids about/never tell our kids
about?” If done properly, it’s
truly inspiring.
Not all approaches invoke the
level of enthusiasm the 300 approach requires. Some people
just use the classic: “Come
on, it’s senior year.” Others
use the modified classic: “It’s
senior year.” And then there’s
the shortest of them all, a disapproving look followed with
a “Dude…” The speech is a
result-based game, there’s no
proper technique to it, and the
right route is whatever works
for you.
The speech itself is not
unique to seniors; you’ve no
doubt heard it since you’ve
been able to drive. It likely
started out in high school,
only given on Friday/Saturdays, and, as you advanced in
college, it began to appear on
Thursdays and Wednesdays.
But what is unique about the
senior year speech is its strike
capability. No day is safe; you
must always be on alert.
Your pool of friends expands
exponentially over your college
stay. The result of the expansion: someone is always trying
to do something. The beginning of the week is inundated
with CHASS majors trying to
forget a weekend full of essays
and the end is owned by biology and engineering majors
looking to blow off steam. This

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social arrangement can be
taxing to some.
One of my friends posted
a list of his New Year’s resolutions in his room. At the
top of his list is “have more
self-control.” I laugh every
time I see it. I laugh because
it’s so brutally honest and I
laugh because, regardless of
personal fortitude, it’s just
not a practical goal to have.
It’s too hard to say no. It’s
not hard to figure out why
it’s so difficult to say no
when the speech is given. It’s
an honor to be the recipient.
Receiving it means someone
likes you enough to make an
effort to include you in their
plans. Add this honor to the
reality that your friends will
most likely be scattered after graduation and you end
up saying no sparingly, if
at all.
I will not lie to you, the
speech has side effects. It
can destroy wallets. It can
destroy study habits; it puts
me in Boston instead of D.
H. Hill before exams last
semester—mistake. It is
no doubt dangerous, but I
wouldn’t have it any other
way.
The beauty of the speech
is it keeps us together. It’s
a tool we use to appreciate each other’s company
while we still can and, to
me, that’s worth all of its
side effects.
Send Josh your thoughts
on the senior speech to
letters@technicianonline.
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A course on baseball. I love
playing this sport and would
sign up for this class.
Brendon Lynch
freshman, mechanical
engineering

I want a skiing and
snowboarding class.
There is only a skiing and
snowboarding club, and it
would be nice to have an actual
course for the sport.
Evan Gibson
freshman, computer and
electrical engineering

I would like a film editing
course. Film making and film
editing are my major hobbies,
and I would enroll in it if it was
created.
Michael Watkins
freshman, First Year College

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Sporting community spirit through swag
Swag4Life apparel looks to
inspire University students
with design and company
philosophy.
Jordan Alsaqa
Arts & Entertainment Editor

Few apparel companies are
founded on the idea of developing social enterprise at the
student level, but that’s exactly
the goal of local company Swag4Life. Officially incorporated
in November of 2010, the company is preparing to launch its
first shirt, tailored specifically
to the N.C. State community.
Swa g4 L i fe ha sn’t been
around for long, but the company hopes that it’ll be able to
find an audience with the college age group, starting with
N.C. State. Marcus Rountree,
the company’s founder and a
recent alumnus, feels the college focus gives Swag4Life an
edge.
“We wanted to find a design
that would capture a large audience,” Rountree said. “If we
focused on the University, not
only could we empower students, but it would fall in line
with our company strategy to
give back.”
Rountree is hopeful his business will provide for students in
brett morris/Technician
more ways than one.
“A portion of our sales are Marcus Rountree, a graduate student in business administration, shows off his clothing line, Swag 4 Life, which has been in the making since 2010. Rountree is working
paid in royalties to the school to coordinate some of his designs with N.C. State’s licensed apparel line. “Everybody’s saying ‘go pack,’ but I don’t think they realize how valuable the brand is,” Rountree
each quarter,” Rountree said. said.
“The school will then use that
to make scholarships avail- Self-Confidence, Work Ethic, hopes Swag4Life will be able
The Swag
Ambition, and Global Aware- to expand and become part of
able.”
Philosophy:
other campus communities in
Rountree’s goal is not just to ness.”
Self Confidence,
The current shirt design, the area.
provide apparel to students,
“We definitely see so many
featuring the
but also to be
Work Ethic,
creative people here in North
Wolfpack
a part of the
Ambition
and Global
hand sign in Carolina,” Rountree said. “We
support sysAwareness
a spotlight, see plenty of universities right
tem for stuwill be fol- around the corner that we will
dents looking
You can follow Swag4Life
lowed by an- be able to hopefully work with.
to travel or
and their products on
ot her shir t From there, we can expand to
study abroad.
Facebook at http://www.
focusing on other universities, once we
It’s this menfacebook.com/Swag4LifeLLC
the Univer- know how the game works.”
tality of comAs part of their campaign to
sity’s athletic
munity and
Swag4Life products are
expand and gain more brand
students.
support that
available at Creative Tees
“The kids recognition, Swag4Life is takRountree
Marcus Rountree,
and Imaging on Hillsborough
ing
part
in
the
PLNDR.com
are
there
late
feels is at the
founder of Swag4Life
Street and will be officially
at night in the Brand Battle 2012. The contest,
core of Swareleased Feb. 17.
gym,” Roun- which allows Facebook fans to
g4Life.
The company’s product line tree said. “They train like crazy vote on different shirt designs,
Rountree’s experience:
also seeks to bring people to- here at State. We’re working on is meant to help promote lesserMarcus Rountree has
worked in marketing and
gether, and promote discussion the idea of who has the best bi- known graphic designers and
education, making Swag4Life
and social interaction. The “My ceps at State, and that’ll be our companies.
a combination of his MBA
Rountree said he feels confiswag is…” slogan that marks next campaign in the spring,
degree and his work as a sixthdent
that
his
design
will
draw
the front of each shirt is meant when we’ll roll out our new cutgrade science teacher.
a lot of attention, and a push
to represent this. For the N.C. off sleeves shirt.”
— Marcus Rountree
For now, the first N.C. State- from the N.C. State community
State shirt, the design aims to
inspired design is ramping up will help bring victory.
bring students together.
As it stands, Swag4Life is
Swag4Life was inspired by for release. The shirts are being
Rountree’s time as a teacher produced locally and manufac- ready to provide a new and
and basketball coach at Daniels tured by American Apparel. unique product for the stuBrett morris/Technician
Marcus Rountree works in his office on Glenwood Ave
The shirts will be sold by Cre- dents of the University. With fledgling business.
Middle School.
Swag4Life can be found formulating new ways to make his brand, Swag4Life, more
“When I was coaching bas- ative Tees and Imaging, as well the PLNDR contest ending Feb.
ketball, we had a full court as on the Swag4Life Facebook 15, the same day as the new online at facebook.com/swa- visible. One of his plans to garner attention for the clothing line,
which is going on sale February 15th, is to enter Plndr’s “Battle of
design goes on sale, Rountree g4lifellc.
press called Swag,” Rountree page, starting February.
the Brands” competition. “Even if I just get 100 likes, I’d be happy,”
Beyond t hat, Rou nt ree hopes for big things for his
said. “SWAG itself stands for

“A portion of
our sales are paid
in royalties to
the school each
quarter.”

Rountree said.

Gross Ghost, the ever growing band
Veterans of Carrboro’s
Gross Ghost have added
new members for enhanced
performances.
James Hatfield
Staff Writer

It’s common practice for
bands to change their names
out of superstition as members
come and leave; but Mike Dillon and Trey Acklen of Gross
Ghost have stuck to their original intention through all the
coming and going of the band
support.
“I was tired of being in bands
where the name changes when
members dropped out. Me and
Trey were like, ‘If it’s always the
two of us and we keep it like
that and it’s understood,’ then
when someone quits because
something else happens, then
we don’t have to just fold the
band completely.”
Dillon and Acklen have been
playing together as a band for

The experience was too much
two years. After Dillon moved
from the Outer Banks to Ra- for the band and the Gross
leigh then on to Carrboro, he Ghost decided to bring in a
decided to give the music he lead guitar and drummer to
had been writing with Acklen supplement.
“That’s another reason why
a try as a two-piece band. This
became difficult when all the I always say it was a two-piece
instruments needed for the but now it’s a four-piece,” Dillon said. “We
l ive show
went through
f low were
many different
challenging
phases. We’ve
to attend to.
had like three
“We
drummers,
played a
like three guic ouple of
tar players and
shows as a
now we’ve sett wo piece
tled on a good
but
we
g roup t hat
couldn’t
wants to be in
move
Mike Dillon, Gross Ghost
a band.”
around.
band member
A f ter c yTrey [Ackcling through
len] was doing drums and running key- multiple line-ups of different
board at the same time,” Dillon artists to fill the void of misssaid. “We needed more hands ing noise in the band, they
to be live so we could even look have recently come to a solid
up from our instruments and group. Although change might
get the energy of the song out still come in the future, the
new members—Rob Dipatri,
there.”

“We played a
couple of shows
as a two piece but
we couldn’t move
around. ”

on lead guitar, and TJ Maiani,
on drums—are still extremely
excited to be an active part of
the band as it stands today.
“These guys could come in
and kind of read our minds,”
Dillon said regarding new band
members. “One time at our
first practice … we took up our
instruments and they were like
‘let’s try this song’ and they just
nailed it right off the bat. The
band we have now, they actually offer to help with songs.”
Dillon said as a four-piece
their band’s personality is able
to come full circle.
“Half of our record is demos
we were working that we took
to a studio to get worked on
and mastered, and the other
half is with the whole band that
we recorded live.”
The band plans to tour all
of North Carolina along with
trips to New York, Alabama,
Georgia and the rest of the
Southeast. They are extremely
excited for the local show of the
Double Barrel Benefit Set up by

NCSU student-radio station
WKNC. Dillon, having lived
in Raleigh for nearly a decade,
remembers being a part of the
audience in the previous years
of the fundraising event.
“We’re really excited. It’s really funny cause when I lived
in Raleigh years and years ago,
I worked at King’s Barcade and
they had it there with Future
Islands and other ones and I
thought then ‘I wish I had a
band going right now to play
it’ and years later we’re playing
it,” Dillon said. “WKNC has
done a lot. I’m from a beach
town so when you turn on the
radio and hear good music, it’s
a little different than growing
up with beach music and Top
40. WKNC has always been
around in the Triangle and just
to be able to play and help out
is awesome.”

Gov. Bev Perdue’s withdrawal from re-election
campaign opens race for governorship
Governor Bev Perdue
announced Thursday she
will not run for re-election.
Young Lee
Deputy Features Editor

Governor Bev Perdue has
faced many challenges as a
governor; but Thursday, Jan.
26, surprising both supporters
and critics, Perdue announced
that she will be giving up the
fight for re-election.
“The truth is that it’s a very
rare thing for an incumbent officer who is able to run for reelection, to not do so,” Steven
Greene, associate professor of
political science, said. “Historically speaking, whether it’s
North Carolina or anywhere
else, politicians who get in office and can run for re-election,
barring a dramatic personal
scandal or barring the fact that
they’re 70-something years old
and want to hang it up, they
run for re-election.”
It wasn’t just surprising that
Perdue wouldn’t run for reelection, but few people knew
about her plans prior to Thursday morning.
“There are people I know who
have their ear-to-the ground in
terms of state politics and everyone was totally surprised,”
Greene said. “It’s really hard to
keep things secret in politics so
whatever her thought process
was in this, she clearly played
it very close to the chest.”
Recently, Perdue wasn’t
known for being very popular,
even among members of her
own party. According to an
approval poll by Public Policy
Polling, the final time Perdue
had a positive approval rating
was April 2009.
“Not only are republicans
unhappy with her, but even

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Governor Perdue signs her signature at the budget bill signing ceremony on the East Lawn of the
North Carolina State Capitol Building.

people within her own party
are unhappy with her,” Greene
said.
According to Greene, it’s
hard to say how much of that
disapproval is due to her having
been a governor during a very
economically difficult time.
“She’s had for the past year, a
republican legislature that she

has to compromise with if she
wants to do anything,” Greene
said. “Even though there’s been
a lot of vetoes and she’s stood
up to them a lot, certainly people who are on the more liberal
end of the spectrum are probably frustrated with some of the
compromises.”
Perhaps Perdue herself is

frustrated with slow and complex legislation too.
“We live in highly partisan
times, where some people seem
more worried about scoring
political points than working
together to address the real
challenges our state faces,” Perdue said in a public statement.
“And it is clear to me that my

The 2008 election was a close
race for re-election will only
election between Bev Perdue
further politicize the fight to
and Pat McCrory, with Perdue
adequately fund our schools.
taking 50 percent and McCrory
A re-election campaign in this
taking 47 percent. This year,
already divisive environment
with McCrory leading in
will make it more difficult to
campaign funding and polls,
political analysts expected
find any bipartisan solutions.”
Perdue to decline running
However, accord i ng to
for re-election or to lose the
Greene, there were never any
upcoming election.
bipartisan solutions to begin
with.
Currently, the North Carolina
“Campaigns certainly do lead
Democratic Party has not
to more partisanship…[but]
nominated a candidate to
one the other hand there was
replace Perdue.
never going to be compromise
“I believe I have approached
anyway,” Greene said. “Perdue
this challenge in a way that
is saying we need to raise our
is consistent with my values
sales tax to help pay for eduand the values that have made
cation and Republicans are
our state a wonderful place to
saying, ‘We’ll never have more
live and raise a family. I have
taxes ever—no matter what.’”
spent my tenure in office - and,
Regardless, Perdue will give
in fact, my adult lifetime -up the fight as a governor and
fighting for things that I care
deeply about. And as anyone
will step aside for other candiwho knows me will tell you, I
dates.
do not back down from tough
“Honestly, it probably means
fights.”
that democrats will have a
slightly better chance of retaining the governorship,” Greene
Letter from Gov. Bev Perdue to
said. “For the democrats to
North Carolinians
be able to come in with … not
having all the baggage of Bev
Perdue, I think it’s fair to say
that this gives democrats a better shot.”
This move certainly clears said.
Who the democratic candithe slate in some aspects but
some things still remain. Ac- date will be is still yet to be concording to Adam Cyr, a senior firmed, but many students like
in political science, his strategy Cyr are keeping their ears open.
of choosing which governor
candidate to
support remains t he
same.
“I t hi n k
I w i l l st i l l
probably
vote for the
better candidate and who
Steven Greene,
seem to know
associate professor
what they are
of political science
doing,” Cyr

“...It’s a very rare thing for
an incumbent officer who is
able to run for re-election, to
not do so.”

A march for equality
riage amendment.
“When we heard about the
amendment, it’s something
that we really cared about,”
Hook said.
The march will go from the
Belltower on campus to the
Eric Rizzo
Senior Staff Writer
Halifax Mall, in front of the
General Assembly building.
Andrew Payne will leave his According to Payne, once the
studies and work, in New York, march reaches Halifax Mall,
on March 15 not to visit his there will be speakers and enhome in Raleigh, but to protest tertainers talking about the isthe amendment to ban same- sue. According to Payne, a minsex marriage. For Payne, the ister, he will also marry a gay
couple in front of the General
uproar will be worth the trip.
As the vote for the amend- Assembly building to show the
ment in May draws closer, Uni- public it’s not hurting anyone.
Many states have passed
versity activists are gearing up
for a busy spring. The amend- similar amendments, but the
important
ment would
t hing, acmake the
c ord i ng to
only legally
Payne, is that
recognized
“it stops here
u nion t he
[i n Nor t h
one between
Carolina].”
a man and
According to
a woma n ;
Payne, North
This will efCarolina has
fectively put
always been
an end to gay
a progressive,
civil unions
fa ir state.
and domesNow, he said
tic partnerDavid Hook, march organizer
t he re i s a
ships. N.C.
movement to
State alumni,
including Payne, David Hook write hatred into the North
and Matthew Huffman are Carolina Constitution.
“I don’t believe it’s the states
spearheading a march to the
capital March 15 to combat position to tell people who they
this legislation called the Ides can and can’t love,” Payne said.
Organizers are looking to
of Love.
This group of alumni have publicize the issue through
lead similar efforts in the past, this march.
“The intention [of t he
including a march for education when tuition costs spiked; march] is to get coverage and
The latter ultimately saved show the state and country
nearly half a million dollars. that there are a large number
They created a website, hon- of people in North Carolina
estnc.com, for that campaign willing to stand against this
and have used it for various is- amendment,” Hook said.
According to Huffman, the
sues since, including the mar-

Alumni organize a march
to protest against the NC
marriage amendment.

“When we
heard about the
amendment, it’s
something that
we really
cared about.”

See more about the
march online:
http://honestnc.
com/
Where: N.C. State Belltower to
the Halifax Mall of the General
Assembly
When: March 15, 11 a.m.
Who: An anticipated 100,000
marchers
Why: Protest amendment to
ban gay marriage
Source: Andrew Payne

main aims of the campaign
are informing voters, encouraging voter participation and
showing the group’s unity and
tenacity.
“We want everyone to be
educated about it,” Huffman
said. “It’s about people coming together, getting involved
with the community, whether
they’re a liberal, a conservative,
a democrat, a republican, religious or nonreligious, we want
people to see this is discrimination.”
The Declaration of Independence states that all men
are created equal and they are
entitled to such things as life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness. According to the organizers, this is the driving force
behind movements like the Ides
of Love.
“We want to show people
that this is an issue that merits
a lot of consideration,” Huffman said.

Sports

Technician

tennis

continued from page 8

taking on No. 58 East Tennessee State in an excellent match.
Each team was coming off of
a tough loss from the day before, with ETSU falling to No.
22 Tulsa by a 4-1 count.
State’s Robbie Mudge and
Jaime Pulgar came out ready
to play at the No. 3 doubles
position, easily taking down
their opponent by an 8-3 count.
However, the Bucs answered
right back, winning a heated
match over Julian Sullivan and
Sean Weber in a tiebreaker, 9-8
(4).
The decisive match came at
the No. 2 doubles position.
Dominic Hodgson and Sean
Weber took their match deep
into yet another doubles tiebreaker. This time, however,
the Wolfpack came out on top
with a 10-5 tiebreaker score,
giving State the doubles point
for the match.
Singles was much of the same
for both teams, with mostly
contested matches that ended
with the Pack coming out on
top. Mudge and Hodgson, however, helped the win come out
easy for State. Mudge finished
first at the No. 3 position, 6-3,
6-4, and Hodgson wasn’t far
behind at the No. 2 spot, 6-0,
6-4.
Freshman No. 100 Austin
Powell had the decisive win
for the Red Terrors, pulling
out a win at the No. 4 position
in three sets, 6-1, 6-7 (2), 6-3,
to give State the 4-0 win. The

remaining three matches were
discontinued, including No. 1
Pulgar who was leading 3-6,
7-6 (8), 4-3.
Coach Jon Choboy was satisfied with the weekend overall,
despite Friday’s loss.
“This weekend was good for
two reasons,” Choboy said.
“The first is that it was a tough
match on the road. We lost a
few opportunities on court
against Kentucky, considering we took the lead on court
yesterday in a few matches.
But secondly, it gave us good
experience on a hostile court.
We won today in a challenging
match, so it’s definitely something to build on.”
Wolfpack No. 1 Jaime Pulgar
played four tough matches this
weekend, finishing 1-1 with
two going unfinished, including one late in the third set.
After a challenging weekend,
Pulgar seems certain that the
team is ready to carry their
great performance into this
weekend when the Pack hosts a
double-header against Cornell
and UNC-Charlotte.
“We knew we had to win, so
it feels good,” Pulgar said. “We
have a big double-header coming up this weekend, and I feel
like we can get it done again.”
Likewise, Austin Powell understands the importance of
the win and what it means for
the team.
“It’s a big win moving forward,” Powell said. “We have
big expectations as a ranked
team, and this win was a step
in the right direction for where
we’re trying to go.”

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to bring the game to 51-56
with 4 minutes left.
Down the stretch, both
teams filled the RBC Center
with drama as the Cavaliers
would capitalize on getting
the ball inside to force the
fifth foul on Howell. Mike
Scott would make both
shots from the line to push
the ‘Hoos lead to 61-57 with
1:31 left in the game. On
the next, possession junior
Scott Wood drained a three
pointer from the side of the
court to cut the deficit to 6160 with 45 seconds left.
After Sammy Zeglinski
would miss a shot and a rebound on the defensive end
by C.J. Williams, the Pack
would have 7.8 seconds to
try and win the game. Gottfried would call a timeout
to set up what would be
the final play of the game.
According to Williams,
the play was designed for
Brown to create off a screen
and possibly look for Wood
in the corner.
“We wanted to get the ball
to Lorenzo [Brown] off a
ball screen by DeShawn
[Painter] to try and get him
into the lane and make a
play,” Williams said.
The Cavaliers would force
Brown into the corner after
a defender read the screen,
leading Brown to get double-teamed and forcing a
bad look as the Cavaliers
would escape Raleigh with

There’s no other way to
describe the feeling when the
lights go out and the theme
music starts to play inside the
RBC Center. The suspenseful
feeling that every Wolfpack
fan has while the wolf howls
echo throughout the entire
building. This Saturday, yet
another nail-bitter was played
within the ACC. Two teams
battling and trading blows,
like prizefighters, with a
result that leaves some fans
cheering and others asking
‘what happened?’ Over 17
thousand people showed
up for the matchup between
Virginia and the Wolfpack.
The two teams would go
back and forth, trading
baskets, sending the fans
into a frenzy for the duration
of the game. When the Pack
seemed down and out, a
huge roar from the crowd
would engulf the stadium in
hopes to will their team to a
victory. The drama that was
created by the Pack faithful
was certainly noteworthy, but
in this game, fell just short as
time ticked away and the final
shot was missed. This game
would leave a sour taste in
any Wolfpack fans mouth.
Although it is basketball
games like these where teams
can grow and learn from their
mistakes, no one wants to see
the team they hold dear lose
at home.
— cory scott

Oliver Sholder/Technician

Cavaliers players trap Wolfpack forward C.J Leslie. The Cavaliers’
strong defense kept the Wolfpack’s shooting average very low.
The teams average for field goals was 46 percent and 16 percent
from the three-point line in the first half at the RBC Center.

a one-point, 61-60 win.
The Wolfpack’s next game
will be on the road against Boston College Wednesday, Feb. 1.

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men’s basketball

‘Hoos hold Pack in final seconds

N.C. State players
shine in senior bowl
Senior wide receiver T.J. Graham
and linebacker Audie Cole put
in some decent performances
at the senior bowl that took
place in Mobile, Ala. Both players
represented the North team.
Graham ended the night with 2
catches for 27 yards which was
third highest on the team. Cole
ended the night with four tackles
and one pass break-up which tied
him for second place on the team.
Meanwhile former N.C. State
quarterback Russell WIlson,
who transferred to Wisconsin
before the 2011/12 season, also
representing North, finished the
night with 45 yards throwing 4-of7 for one touchdown and one
interception.
North won the game 23-13.
source: seniorbowl.com

The N.C. State men’s basketball team took the No.
19-ranked Virginia Cavaliers down to the final shot,
but fell short, at home by a
final score of 61-60.
Leading the way for the
pack was sophomore guard
C. J. Leslie with 17 points,
11 of which he had in the
first 10 minutes of the contest. Other leaders for the
Pack included junior forward Richard Howell with
11 points and a career high
18 rebounds, nine of which
were on the offensive end.
Head coach Mark Gottfried was really pleased with
the effort by Howell.
“Richard was great, I was
disappointed that he fouled
out; he had 18 rebounds, so
many of his rebounds were
tough traffic, effort rebounds. I though his effort
was terrific,” Gottfried said.
The Virginia Cavaliers
shot 60 percent from the
f loor in the second half,
including going 5-for11 from behind the arc.
Sammy Zeglinski was the
beneficiary of some wellset screens and was able
to knock down his perimeter looks in the first half.
Joe Harris would also have
success from downtown,
going two-for-four from
three-point range. Both

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Fighting for the ball, junior Richard Howell reaches his arm for the ball. Howell had a double-double in Saturday’s 61-60 loss to
Virginia with 18 rebounds and 11 points.

Harris and Zeglinski finished
the game with 12 points each.
In the first half, both teams
traded buckets, but neither
team could mount a substantial lead in the first 20 minutes
of play. With the Wolfpack
shooting just 1-of-6 from three
and going 6-for-11 on the freethrow line, the Cavaliers would
capitalize on their opportuni-

ties to go into the locker room
with a 39-31 lead at the break.
Mike Scott would lead the
‘Hoos in scoring at the break
with 10 points. Scott would
finish the game with 18 points,
going 5-of-11 from the field
but a notable 8-of-11 from the
free-throw line. Gottfried was
impressed by Scott’s performance and noted the challenge

of defending the 6-foot-8-inch
forward.
“He’s a matchup nightmare,
with his ability to shoot 15
footers and score on the block,
[Virginia head coach] Tony
does a nice job of putting your
defense in some tough situations because of his play,” Gottfried said.
The second half provided

more of the same as both teams
would go back and forth until
Virginia was able to mount a
run to push the score to 55-45
with 6:31 left in the game. The
Wolfpack, however, would use
clutch free-throw shooting by
C.J. Leslie and Richard Howell

State loses heartbreaker
to Florida State in final
seconds; shuts down
Virginia Tech.

onds remaining in the game.
Holston would hit an easy layin for State to tie the game with
nine seconds left. The Seminoles would then drive down
the court and hit a contested
three to win the game with a
Adam Luther
final score of 67-64.
Staff Writer
For Sunday’s game against
Junior guard Marissa the Hokies of Virginia Tech
Kastanek was honored for in Blacksburg, Va., the Pack
her milestone achievement looked to avenge the heartof scoring over 1,000 points breaker of Friday’s game
for the women’s basketball against FSU.
State would open the game
team Friday at Reynolds
with phenomenal three-point
Coliseum.
State would open the shooting as they would open
game playing superb de- the game against the Hokies,
fense, causing the Seminoles shooting 3-for-3 from behind
of Florida State to turn the the arc. For the opening 8
ball over excessively. The points of the game, sophomore
Pack would charge ahead forward Kody Burke would
with a 6-0 run off of buckets come up with five of them.
Great transition play from
from senior forward Bonae
Holston. Both Kastanek and State off of both turnovers
sophomore guard Myisha and poor shooting from VirGoodwin-Coleman would ginia Tech would give the Pack
pump up the crowd with a a comfortable lead. They would
couple of baskets of their hold the lead for the rest of the
half. The Hokies would only
own.
State would later slip de- shoot 21 percent from the field
fensively as the Seminoles against State’s 50 percent. Great
would take the lead, and post play by Burke as well as
from this point, not look three-point shooting by Goodback. Missed opportunities win-Coleman and senior guard
by the Pack would allow the Emili Tasler would allow State
Seminoles to take a 9-point to head into the locker-room
lead to head into the second ahead by 17 points.
Virginia
half.
Tech would
The secopen the second ha lf
ond half with
would be
a 6-0 run as
a repe at
they found a
of the first
way to keep
u nt i l 10
Kastanek
minutes
cold from the
remained
field. Burke
in
the
Coach Kellie Harper
would keep
game.
her team alive
The Pack
would trail by 11 points un- with baskets of her own includtil Goodwin-Coleman de- ing, a three. Better shooting
cided enough was enough. by the Hokies would cut into
Goodwin-Coleman would State’s lead as the Pack would
lead a 7-0 run for the Pack also back off defensively.
Both State and Tech would
on her own, capitalizing
both on free throws and exchange buckets for the majority of the second half until
three-point shots, as well.
The Pack would work a star post player fouled out
their way back within 2 for the Hokies, giving State
points with only 31 sec- the mental boost they needed.

“It’s amazing what
knocking down
a few shots early
can do for you.”

Pack moves to 5-1
following the season’s
first loss and big win.
Nolan Evans
Staff Writer

Callie Martin/Technician

Myisha Goodwin-Coleman, a sophomore guard, aggressively
drives to the basket for a lay-up versus FSU at Reynolds Coliseum
Fri. Jan. 27. Despite NCSU’s loss against FSU, Goodwin-Coleman
made the most baskets, totaling 17 points, putting up a good
fight with a final score of 67- 64.

The Wolfpack would step up
defensively and work its way
back up to an 18-point lead.
Burke would dominate the post
and the three-point line as she
would finish as leading scorer
for State with 20 points.
“Any loss will take a toll on
you. You just have to come into
each game with a fresh mind,”
Burke said. “Today, we just focused only on Virginia Tech.
What’s good about the team
is the balance, so if one player
doesn’t do well, we can score in
different ways.”
With 2 minutes remaining,
Tech would cut the lead to 11,
but the run would be too little,
too late as the horn sounded
with a final score 65-53 in
State’s favor.
Head coach for the Pack,
Kellie Harper, had a few words
concerning the better performance Sunday compared to

NCSU vs. VT
ncsu

vt

TFG%

42.2

28.6

3FG%

40

22.2

76

81.8

FT%

Source: n.c. state athletics

Friday.
“It’s amazing what knocking down a few shots early can
do for you,” Harper said. “It
boosts the confidence of the
team and the overall flow for
the team. It even helps you on
the defensive end. Now we can
take a look at what we did today, including what we did well
and what worked.”
State next travels to Duluth,
Ga., to face off against the Yellow Jackets Thursday.

The No. 57 Wolfpack
men’s tennis team suffered
its first loss of the season
Friday afternoon to No. 7
Kentucky for the ITA KickOff Weekend at the Hilary
J. Boone Tennis Complex in
Lexington, Ky.
The Pack didn’t show
any early signs of being
intimidated by the daunting Wildcat lineup, led by
a pair of top-15 nationally
ranked players. The doubles matches were highly
contested, ending with a
pair of losses for State. Senior Dominic Hodgson and
sophomore Matt Thomson
dropped the first match at
the No. 2 doubles spot, 8-5.
Senior Julian Sullivan
and sophomore Sean Weber
made a valiant effort at the
No. 1 doubles position, taking on Kentucky’s No. 5 Eric
Quigley and No. 85 Panav
Jha. Sullivan and Weber fell
just short of the victory, losing 9-8 (4) in the decisive
match. The No. 3 doubles
match was then discontinued with NCSU freshman
Robbie Mudge and senior
Jaime Pulgar leading 6-4.
State left empty-handed
in singles, as well. No.
5-ranked Quigley won over
Pulgar 6-3, 6-2, No. 13 Alex
Musialek defeated Hodgson
6-2, 6-2, and No. 36 Anthony Rossi topped Sullivan
6-4, 6-4, closing the match
out by a final score of 4-0 in
the Wildcats’ favor.
The Pack turned over a
new leaf Saturday morning,